Archive for July, 2008
the other white meat
reach out and touch someone. – at&t * please don’t squeeze the charmin – charmin * where do you want to go today? – microsoft * life’s good – lg* your tag line goes here – sacredbird* snap, crackle, pop – rice krispies – the real thing – coca-cola * where’s the beef? – [...]
what’s wrong here?
some news in the airline industry this week:
china announced the $6.3 billion dollar purchase of 45 new boeing airplanes.
a new dubai startup airline announced the $3.78 billion dollar purchase for 54 new boeing airplanes.
both american airlines and delta airlines reported losses of more than $1 billion each.
according to fitch, an independent agency that rates [...]
i’ll have the burger, hold…everything
i think this nostalgia thing is catching on big time. in celebration of the 40th anniversary, mcdonald’s is in search of an update to the famous old “two all-beef patties, special-sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onion on a sesame seed bun” tune. musical geniuses can upload their video to a myspace page in hopes that [...]
advancing indiana and the world
that’s what the about us section of the indiana university-purdue university indianapolis (uipui) website says. mr. keith sampson, a 58 year old white janitor and a student of communications may beg to differ. sampson finally received an apology from the smarty-pants administration at iupui after he was called and branded a racist [...]
to the moon alice…but can i go with?
researchers at the university of denver have confirmed the fact that couples who actually make time to hang out for the sake of fun quality time have happier marriages. there were some other interesting items of note from the study :
fun and happiness are highly correlated. even more so for men. men are [...]
gotta beware of those disgruntled employees
let’s say you’re about you just got a bad performance evaluation from your job and although the company wanted to fire you, they couldn’t. would you quit your job or wait to be fire? well let me tell you what terry childs, a computer network administrator for the san francisco’s dept of technology, [...]
people, it’s just a phone
the long awaited iphone launched this past friday to much fanfare. with rumors of lines of more than 5 hours these past few days, apple announced today that they’ve sold 1 million iphones this first weekend.
why the long (and slow) lines you ask? to avoid people buying iphones and using them with other wireless services, [...]
